Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai has been the brand ambassador of Longines for a long long time. It has been 10 years now. I recently posted about Aishwarya Rai at Rolland Garros stadium, watching French Open finals, etc etc. It all comes down to this day. Aishwarya Rai was a part of Longines Charity Dinner held in Rodin Museum in Paris, France on 7th June 2010.

Aishwarya Rai presented award to the retired ace tennis player, Gustavo Kuerten at the Longines Charity Dinner. Gustavo Kuerten born September 10, 1976 is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. After 12 years on the international tour, he retired from top-level tennis in May 2008. Kuerten was awarded for his work in favor of disadvantaged children. It’s a nice gesture from Longines to hold such Charity events and also award and recognize the people who do such a graceful work on their own.

This is the first time Aishwarya handed the award to someone at Longines Charity Dinner. Earlier this was done by the very famous Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi.

Anyways, Aishwarya looked very very graceful in a Black Elie Saab gown. Deep V neckline gown with a knotted chiffon drape in front….she surely looked pretty awesome. Which she usually do

Oh! Did i mention that there were some other celebrities at the function as well. The beautiful and popular but retired tennis star Stefi Graf was present but i don’t think her hubby and tennis rockstar (retired) Andre Agassi was present this time. Another tennis sensation, the sweet Mary Pierce was also present at the Dinner. Looked like an all tennis charity event to me

Aishwarya Rai now will be heading to some unknown place where she will join Abhishek Bachchan, just for vacations. I believe they are again going to Istanbul, Turkey but seriously not sure… After that the couple will head off to U.S.  for premier of Mani Ratnam’s movie “Raavan” on June 16th. The movie will be released worldwide on 18th June. Really looking forward to the release.

So it seems the two day old mystery finally solved itself. Aishwarya Rai was spotted along with her parents at the Rolland Garros stadium attending the French Open’s men’s final match between 2nd seeded Rafael Nadal and 5th seeded Robin Soldering. As mentioned in earlier post Rafael Nadal won the final in three straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

On 6th June’s post, i was wondering what Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was doing at the Le Village, Rolland Garros stadium. My most probable guess was that she being the brand ambassador of the watch company Longines, and this visit had something to do with it. Honestly, i don’t think Aishwarya even follows this sport. So i wondered. I guess i was right!

On June 6th, during the match between Nadal and Soldering, Aishwarya Rai was among the VIP spectators at the match. She was present with her mum and dad at the occasion. Aishwarya looked like a superstar and she was all i could see. But i still wondered why? And finally Aishwarya took out those cute Japanese folding hand fans which had Longines written over it…and there you go. It was Longines thing afterall. This is no cheap publicity stunt. All starts do it. Anyways, once the mystery was over, i was finally able to rest my mind.

Also present at the finals were Beyoncé Knowles and husband Jay-Z, Guillaume Durand, Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, French footballer Christian Karembeu along with Adriana among various other French celebrities. That’s usually how all grand slam finals go. Anyhow, here are some pics of Aishwarya Rai from the match.

Aishwarya Rai was at Le Village, Rolland Garros stadium in Paris on 5th June’ 2010. It wasn’t a photoshoot, it wasn’t some advertisement thing. It wasn’t anything i know of. My guess would be that it has something to do with Longines promotion or something. Since Aishwarya is the brand ambassador of the company i guess this is related somehow. Probably we will soon find out in near future.

Those who do not know what Rolland Garros stadium is, well it’s the place where one of the grand slams  of lawn tennis “The French Open” takes place. This year Rafael Nadal took the french open cup defeating Soldering in three straight sets. I do not watch women’s lawn tennis match but i guess Serena Williams did take the title this year. Not sure and really don’t care!

Anyways, i have some pics of Aishwarya Rai from the Rolland Garros stadium. Let’s have a look! Because Aishwarya Rai looks one hot babe from Paris. Call it the french air magic or Aishwarya Rai’s stunning beauty! She can look awesome always…no matter what the color of her dress. But Oh my God!!! when she wears blue….Oooomph!!!! She takes my breath away….always!

Alright, enough about my thoughts. Let’s have your too!!!!

Update: Some guy, who calls himself “SB” and who is even more crazier than me when it comes to sports mentioned, that the facts be corrected for the French Open results. I was right about Rafael Nadal and Soldering’s final and was right about the result as well. However, Serena Williams didn’t take the title. She in fact lost to 7th seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia in Quarter finals. Samantha went into the finals where she faced Italy’s Francesca Schiavone. Francesca won the title in two straight sets. Serena and Venus Williams however did win the Women’s double tournament this year. I hope i made this sports freak named “SB” happy now!

I guess Pritish Nandy doesn’t need any introduction. He is popular as a prolific journalist, filmmaker and a great poet. Pritish Nandy just launched his new book of poems titled “Again”. Aishwarya Rai along with Anupam Kher, MP Shashi Tharoor and Gulzar unveiled his book “Again” on evening of May 27′ 2010 at Crossword, Kemps Corner, Mumbai.

Aishwarya Rai looked cute and sweet in all white. She recently came back from what i should believe was pretty tiring hard work. I am talking about the Cannes Festival 2010. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan also spent some quality time together at Turkey’s capital, Istanbul where Abhishek Bachchan is shooting for a film, probably titled “Dum Maaro Dum”. The couple left for Istanbul on May 18th. And no Aishwarya is not a part of that movie. They just wanted to have a vacation together. Anyways, Aishwarya reached Mumbai just in time for Pritish Nandy’s book launch. She was wearing some white dress and had a light makeup on and as i mentioned earlier, she looked pretty and sweeeet.

Pritish Nandy, who is now 59, has published 17 volumes of poems since the age of 16. That is a big deal, no doubt. However it’s been a long time since he picked up his pen for writing poems, since his last volume was published way back in 1981 which was titled “The Rainbow Last Night”. In his latest book “Again”, if i am not wrong, there are 72 poems in there. I wish i can get a copy of that!

Anyways, as of what i know about the book launch event, Pritish Nandy, this brilliant man, was all nervous at the event. In his own words “Suddenly everyone has access to your innermost thoughts and beliefs. It doesn’t matter how many books you may have written, you still feel insecure, unsure, tentative, vulnerable.” I would agree to that. How true!!!!

So, like all book launch events, in the end, Pritish Nandy read some excerpts from the poems from his book “Again”.

Enjoy the pics and the video from the book launch event. You will definitely be mesmerized by Aishwarya Rai in the video

I almost forgot adding the video here. Nonetheless, here it is. Enjoy the moments!

When i heard that Aishwarya Rai wore an Indian designer saaree on May 17th’ 2010, i said, Oh Crap!!! Please tell me she pulled it off. Please tell me it wasn’t a disaster. But thank God, it wasn’t. Honestly, i do not trust Aishwarya’s judgment when it comes to saaree’s.

Anyways, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan delighted her fans, specially Indian fans, when she chose to walk the red carpet in a traditional Indian saaree. This happened on May 17th’ 2010 on the premier of the movie “Outrage”. Ofcoure in the 63rd Cannes Film Festival at Cannes, France.

Aishwarya Rai was accompanied by hubby Abhishek Bachchan and mum Mrs. Vrinda Rai.

Aishwarya’s saaree was designed by Kolkatta based well known Indian designer, Sabyasachi. Aishwarya wore the heavily embroidered, sheer, taupe sari with a forest green sleeveless blouse that had a revealing neckline. She looked extremely cute and stunning no doubt. She accentuated her demure look with sleekly pulled back, hair do with middle partition, a tradition Indian bindi, heavy eye makeup, pink blush and light lip gloss. Traditional again, haan? She accessorized with chunky diamond ear studs, but kept her neck bare, letting her stunning good looks and the sumptuous sari draw all the focus. What a women. Drop dead gorgeous.

Apparently, Aishwarya had carried several traditional Indian outfits to the event, all by Kolkata based designer Sabyasachi, who knew she would be walking the red carpet in one of them but wasn’t sure which one. Sabyasachi when contacted by a news agency said, “I have given her many outfits for her stint at Cannes this year because she wanted to wear something Indian this time but I am not sure which dress will she be wearing”. Well, hats off Aishwarya fior picking up the right dress that night. This was definitely your best red carpet walk ever. As for the Cannes 2010, this was the best ever 4 days, ever… But i guess we are still in for lot of surprises and we are yet to see better of Aishwarya Rai in the probably Cannes 2011

Alright, enjoy the photographs for the evening. We will carry n as usual with more Aishwarya Rai news, movie previews, wallpapers and other stuff. This is all over from Cannes 2010. Enjoy the rest of the snaps.